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- Title
BDNF-GSK-3β-β-Catenin Pathway in the mPFC Is Involved in Antidepressant-Like Effects of Morinda officinalis Oligosaccharides in Rats.
- Authors
Ling-Zhi Xu; De-Feng Xu; Ying Han; Li-Jing Liu; Cheng-Yu Sun; Jia-Hui Deng; Ruo-Xi Zhang; Ming Yuan; Su-Zhen Zhang; Zhi-Meng Li; Yi Xu; Jin-Sheng Li; Su-Hua Xie; Su-Xia Li; Hong-Yan Zhang; Lin Lu
- Abstract
Background: Morinda officinalis oligosaccharides have been reported to exert neuroprotective and antidepressant-like effects in the forced swim test in mice. However, the mechanisms that underlie the antidepressant-like effects of Morinda officinalis oligosaccharides are unclear. Methods: Chronic unpredictable stress and forced swim test were used to explore the antidepressant-like effects of Morinda officinalis oligosaccharides and resilience to stress in rats. The phosphoinositide-3 kinase inhibitor LY294002 was microinjected in the medial prefrontal cortex to explore the role of glycogen synthase kinase-3ß in the antidepressant-like effects of Morinda officinalis oligosaccharides. The expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor, phosphorylated-Ser9-glycogen synthase kinase 3β,-βcatenin, and synaptic proteins was determined in the medial prefrontal cortex and the orbitofrontal cortex by western blot. Results: We found that Morinda officinalis oligosaccharides effectively ameliorated chronic unpredictable stress-induced depression-like behaviors in the sucrose preference test and forced swim test. The Morinda officinalis oligosaccharides also significantly rescued chronic unpredictable stress-induced abnormalities in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor-glycogen synthase kinase-3ß-ß-catenin pathway and synaptic protein deficits in the medial prefrontal cortex but not orbitofrontal cortex. The activation of glycogen synthase kinase-3ß by the phosphoinositide-3 kinase inhibitor LY294002 abolished the antidepressantlike effects of Morinda officinalis oligosaccharides in the forced swim test. Naïve rats that were treated with Morinda officinalisoligosaccharides exhibited resilience to chronic unpredictable stress, accompanied by increases in the expression of brainderived neurotrophic factor, phosphorylated-Ser9-glycogen synthase kinase-3β, and β-catenin in the medial prefrontal cortex. Conclusion: Our findings indicate that the brain-derived neurotrophic factor-glycogen synthase kinase-3β-β-catenin pathway in the medial prefrontal cortex may underlie the antidepressant-like effect of Morinda officinalis oligosaccharides and resilience to stress.
- Subjects
MORINDA; BRAIN-derived neurotrophic factor; CATENINS; ANTIDEPRESSANTS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES
- Publication
International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2017, Vol 20, Issue 1, p83
- ISSN
1461-1457
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ijnp/pyw088